Posted on 11/18/2015 10:38:49 AM PST by PJ-Comix
The controversial political debate on whether to accept Syrian refugees in the United States is now playing out in Louisianaâs competitive gubernatorial contest, which concludes on Saturday.
After being on the receiving end of one of the toughest TV ads in memory, Republican David Vitter is seizing on the Syrian refugee debate as part of his closing argument in the race.
âOne of the Paris ISIS terrorists entered France posing as a Syrian refugee. Now Obama is sending Syria refugees to America,â says in the announcer in a new Vitter TV ad. âDavid Vitter warned Obama the dangers of Syrian refugees weeks ago - and promised, as governor, no Syrian refugees will enter Louisiana.â
The Vitter TV ad then pivots to Vitterâs Democratic opponent, John Bel Edwards: âJohn Bel Edwards has pledged to work WITH Obama to bring Syrian refugees to Louisiana.â
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If Vitter wins, he gets to appoint his successor, right?
Edwards is trying to reverse this now, claiming he raised his “serious concerns” some time ago.
Edwards is also conflating Vitter’s statments that Vitter saw no domestic threat from Syrians in Syria that justified US intervention, with Vitter’s present opposition to Syrian refugees/ISIS infiltrators in the US and claiming flip flop on these two very different situations and time frames.
Greasy, twisty and slimey, but an Edwards after all. Vitter is clumsily trying to parry and riposte, but Vitter’s spin machine is slower and overly dramatic. The Edwards machine is much more silken and sly.
While the biggest problem with Syrian refugees is the number of likely jihadis sneaking in among some number of legitimate (not that large a number since 72 % are young single men), the overlooked impact is the religious recruiting the jihadis always engage in.
A good move on his part, the governor is responsible for law enforcement
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